Mary Patterson Logan Lytle

Painting

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NSCDA-TN

Name/Title

Mary Patterson Logan Lytle

Entry/Object ID

Lytle, Mary Logan

Description

Subject is seated in a red-upholstered chair and facing slightly left, although her dark eyes are turned to look at the viewer. Her dark brown hair is parted in the middle and falls in ringlets behind her ears. She is wearing long drop earrings and a necklace of white beads. Her off-the-shoulder dark dress has very full puffed sleeves and a brooch at the neckline. Subject is holding a red book in her left hand, which crosses her front and has a ring on the ring finger, and she has a bracelet on that left arm. A brown drape falls down the wall to her left.

Artwork Details

Medium

Oil on Canvas

Collection

Private Collection

Made/Created

Date made

1835 - 1841

General Notes

Note Type

Historical Note

Note

Subject was daughter of William Logan 1774-1823 TN) and his wife Catherine Henderson Logan (1781 NC-1824 TN); subject was the 2nd wife of William F. P. Lytle (1805 TN-1863 TN). She was the mother of Mary C. Lytle Ledbetter. She was first cousin of the 1st Mrs. William Lytle, Violet Cecilia Henderson.

Create Date

August 5, 2026

Update Date

August 5, 2026